2025 Compare Cities Education:
Canton, OH vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 30.5% more per student than Canton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.6% lower in Portland than in Canton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 9.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Canton
 Canton, OHPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,826  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor319  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Canton    18 Reviews

It is hard to discuss Canton without putting it into the larger context of Northeast Ohio(Cleveland/Akron/Canton) Canton itself has added a nice Arts district, miles  More

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Over 9 years ago

Grew up in Ohio, spent the first 25 years of life there and enjoyed. On the East Coast in Boston, MA now. It was a good place for a kid. If you have any ambition at  More

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Over 11 years ago

Canton, Oh is a rathole yes this place will suck the life out of you, yes there are plenty of prostitutes, drug dealers and users everything is true. Your chance of  More

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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